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Reena, Yeah. Sorry about that. We're not RPM experts and we haven't worked-out a system for generating binary distributions in all the possible formats. I suggest you build and install from the source distribution. It's more up-to-date anyway. Instructions can be found at <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ldm-current/basics/index.html> under "Installing, Configuring, and Activating the LDM System". > Package Version: ldm-6.10.1 > Operating System: CentOS > Hardware: > Description of problem: > > Not sure if this is the right venue to post this issue....I'm new to > LDM and this installation is giving me a headache, followed instructions > provided by: > > RE: LDM RHEL Binary RPM, spec & ldmd init script > > To: Art Wildman <Art.Wildman@xxxxxxxx>, _LDM-users Unidata > <ldm-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: RE: LDM RHEL Binary RPM, spec & ldmd init script > From: "Zickert, Glenn A" <glenn.a.zickert@xxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:42:43 -0600 > Any one wishing to build a ldm rpm, here's the basic kit. Put the > ldm.spec in your .../SPECS and the others in .../SOURCES, add the > ldm-6.6.4.tar.gz to the .../SOURCES. Change dir to .../SPECS and > execute "rpmbuild -ba ldm.spec". > > ERROR: > > can't find file to patch at input line 3 > Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? > The text leading up to this was: > -------------------------- > |--- src/macros.make.in~ Tue Dec 28 09:16:53 2004 > |+++ src/macros.make.in Thu Jun 30 10:52:24 2005 > -------------------------- > File to patch: Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: BVW-603010 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.